Show OCONNELL ONNELL rC AND THE WITNESS sample of the great Irish mans intuition and quickness of perception cep tion daniel oconnell in his career at the bar says judge parry in the cornhill magazine was rightly acclaimed by the people as the counsellor ile he remained a stiff gownsman to the end he be never asked for silk and refused the judgeship offered to him no government ennobled lim him he had two titles but they were given him by his fellow men in the greater world of politics he be was the liberator in his own demesne on the munster circuit and among the peasantry of 0 the west he be was the counselor of the counselors intuition and quickness of perception in guessing the secret in a lying witness heart many stories are told ile he certainly had a very intimate knowledge of the thoughts and feelings of the lower classes but in the following story it is difficult to believe that he had not received some inkling of the real truth before he went into court the story Is told however aln asan of ins his marvelous marv clous power of insight and is in any case a curious record of humor villainy and superstition it was a case and the validity of the rill ill was in dispute the witnesses tor for the defense all swore that the testator had bad signed the will while life ilfe ans in him other counsel had cross examined the witnesses and the last witness was handed over to oconnell he be too swore by the same phrase that life was in the testator when the will was signed by virtue of your oath was he be alive asked oconnell by virtue of my oath life was in him now continued oconnell with preat great solemnity and assuming an air of inspiration 1 I call on you in the presence of byoir your maker before whom you must one day be judged for the evidence you give here today I 1 solemnly ask and answer me at your peril was it not a live fly that was in the dead mans mouth when his land hand was placed on the alin the witness fell on his knees anees and confessed that they had indeed placed a fly in the mouth of the deceased that they might swear that life was iu in him |